Swimming Downstream

SWIMMING DOWNSTREAM

The length of time

That I would sit

Hoping that pieces

Of the puzzle would fit

I would force them one way

Then another

Thinking I knew, What was right

When stepping back

Would have given me sight

It should not be work

To blend together

For when its forced

Ti's like

Inclement weather

Could it be

As simple as that

Looking with open eyes

Gives one

The biggest surprise

A puzzle forced

Will never work

No matter how many times

The effort, to rework

I’ve looked for a flaw

This I cannot find

Which brings me

To my current bind

When we work the world

To our illusion

We create for ourselves

A state of confusion

And through vain pursuits

We find from our truth

Our very exclusion

The interactions

No longer distractions

From point to point

They flow with ease

Bringing about

A new found breeze

And for once

Our very core, do we appease

When all you know

Is the wrong direction

Ti's hard to make

The right selection

When we look for

Our self-defined perfection

T'is the source

Of our misdirection

I am not sure

Where things go now

Though in truth, to my illusions

I no longer bow

And a straighter line

Through life

I plow…

-Shiidon, January 2012

I am tired from a long weekend.  A conference that has taken a year to prepare for has taken its toll on my mind and body.  I had a lot of interactions. I saw many people that I had not seen in years and saw new facets of people I have known for some time.  It was a great time.  It is interesting for me to see how much growth my Faith has gone through over the years.  It was a time when a conference of this size would have been more on a national scale rather than a locally planned one.  For a good part of the time this weekend the staff at the concession stand was almost entirely Bahá'í as well.  This would have been hard to believe even a few years ago.  I enjoyed seeing youth arise to serve.  I saw others grow into new realms of understanding and acceptance.  I saw a children's program that brought amazement to my tired self.  The past few months have brought a keener insight to my thoughts and eventual actions.  I look forward to interesting times ahead.